Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be indicted for corruption

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (CBS News photo)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (CBS News photo)

Israel’s attorney general said he has decided to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a series of corruption charges. Avichai Mandelblit said Thursday he has accepted the police recommendations to file charges against Netanyahu in three different cases, pending a final hearing.

In a Justice Ministry statement, Mandelblit said he plans to charge Netanyahu with bribery for promoting regulatory changes worth hundreds of millions of dollars to telecom giant Bezeq in return for positive press coverage in Bezeq’s popular subsidiary news site Walla.

He will also charge Netanyahu with fraud and breach of trust in two other cases. The first involves accepting gifts from billionaire friends and the second revolves around alleged offers of advantageous legislation for a major newspaper in return for favorable coverage.

Netanyahu denies any wrongdoing. He called a press conference for Thursday evening.

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